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. 2009 Apr 3;8:15. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-15

Table 1.

Comparison of participants' baseline characteristics between SOF and lead ancillary study.

Characteristics (N total = 9704) Lead cohort N = 533 SOF participants N = 9171 P value
Age (years), mean SD 70 ± 4 72 ± 5 < 0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2)), mean SD 27 ± 5 26 ± 4 0.147
Education (years), mean SD 12 ± 3 13 ± 3 0.135
Alcohol (drinks/wk), mean SD 1.9 ± 4 1.8 ± 4 0.737
Current smoker, n (%) 65 (12) 902 (10) 0.079
Hypertension, n (%) 153 (29) 3594 (39) < 0.001
Diabetes, n (%) 55 (10) 652 (7) 0.006
Current estrogen use, n (%) 67 (13) 1400 (15) 0.091
Walk for exercise (yes/no), n (%) 213 (40) 4653 (51) < 0.001
Total hip, bone density (g/cm2), mean SD 0.77 ± 0.13 0.76 ± 0.13 0.536